Gazprom 335 and Linde AG have agreed to establish an LNG engineering joint venture (JV).
At the recent 9th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum, Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Christian Bruch, Executive Vice President and CEO of Linde Engineering, and John van der Velden, Managing Director of Linde Engineering, signed a JV contract and JV participants agreement.
In accordance with the document, the parties will create a joint engineering venture to develop process, design and engineering documentation for natural gas processing and liquefaction facilities in Russia. In addition, the companies plan to provide services for the commissioning and operation of LNG plants.